Toronto Outdoor Picture Show
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 815672589RR0001 · Arts
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($580,223) as filed with the CRA.
Toronto Outdoor Picture Show is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under arts. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $605K in revenue and $580K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 10% from donations, 44% from government, 16% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $116K.
Compared with 724 arts charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $279K in 2020 to $605K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
Toronto Outdoor Picture Show (TOPS) presents high quality diverse and engaging outdoor film programming for the public in green spaces across the city of Toronto. The festival’s carefully curated programme includes pairings of popular and critically- acclaimed feature films alongside local and Canadian short and feature films that allow us to celebrate homegrown media artists.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $605K | $580K | $412K | $9,751 | $0 | $94K |
| 2023 | $511K | $527K | $381K | $8,353 | — | $69K |
| 2022 | $419K | $415K | $298K | $8,012 | $0 | $85K |
| 2021 | $341K | $274K | $192K | $28K | $0 | $80K |
| 2020 | $279K | $246K | $181K | $22K | — | $13K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $116K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$393K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Emily Atherton (president); Emily Reid (artistic & executive director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toronto Outdoor Picture Show’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815672589RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.